Susannah Dickey is a novelist and poet from

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. Dickey received an

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from the Society of Authors in 2020. Her first novel, ''Tennis Lessons'', was published by

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in 2020. Her second novel, ''Common Decency'', followed in 2022, and was reviewed in ''

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'', ''The Irish Times'' and ''

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''. She has published several poetry pamphlets, including ''I Had Some Very slight Concerns'' (The Lifeboat Press, 2017), ''Genuine Human Values'' (The Lifeboat Press, 2018), ''Bloodthirsty for Marriage'' (Bad Betty Press, 2020) and ''Oh!'' (The Lifeboat Press, 2022). Her first collection of poetry, ''Isdal'', was published by

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in September 2023.

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